One of the best things about using Hugo as my static site generator is that it just works, and I never have to go around trying to fix it (this happened to me way too much back when I used the ruby-based Middleman, though that’s partly my fault for insisting on updating all of its associated dependencies all the time).
Consequently, one of the bad things about Hugo is that it’s so little maintenance that I tend to forget it’s even there, which means I’m less likely to tinker.
But it just so happens that I did a little bit of tinkering tonight. I’ve added “previous” and “next” links to the bottom of the page, so you can navigate across the site more easily. It looks kind of rough, in part because it uses the name of the post as the default link. I can add a shorter ID in each post’s metadata, but I’d rather not go back and retroactively fix years worth of content, so I’ll make an effort to use it going forward.
I also tried adding a CSS-only lightbox solution for when you click on images, but nothing I tried seemed to work. Turns out a lot of homespun solutions expect you to link directly to .jpeg or .png files instead of long Google Photos links.
I might come back and try something else sooner rather than later, or just bite the bullet and use a Javascript-based solution. For now, I’ll take the prev/next links as a win.